Monday, August 31, 2009

"What Remains"

The first time I ever saw "What Remains" Sally Mann freaked me out BIG time, although the second time around I noticed things I hadn't before. Things like the horse with a mask on and when she was talking to her daughter about doing another show of the children her daughter seemed a little uncomfortable.

This time around I also found it interesting that because the escapee died on her property her whole theme of taking photos and view on life/death itself changed. She got so interested in death that she contacted a local testing area of decomposing bodies and recieved permission to take photos...(that's dedicated right there).

Sally Mann is just different, she is a different thinker and therefore unique.
and oddly enough if not for her the images she has taken would be non existent and not be there to provoke the questions that they have.

2 comments:

  1. This is a really nice response. Some people would say that AP the second time you should do totally different stuff this time than Last. I see their point. But is their value to doing things a second time, and comparing your responses, and measuring how YOU have changed?

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  2. you can start commenting on the blogs of others:
    http://www.netvibes.com/elephantsgerald#For_AP_Students

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